Opsieobuthus
Opsieobuthus is an extinct genus of centromachid scorpion from the Chemnitz petrified forest in Germany. It was alive during the Permian period in Germany (~291–280 ma). Two species are currently known: O. pottsvillensis[1] and O. tungeri.[2]
An artist's illustration of O. tungeri at the mouth of its burrow
| Opsieobuthus | |
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| Holotypes (A-B) and paratypes (C-D) of O. tungeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | †Centromachidae |
| Genus: | †Opsieobuthus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| †Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1] | |
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References
- Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
- Dunlop, Jason A.; Legg, David A.; Selden, Paul A.; Fet, Victor; Schneider, Joerg W.; Rößler, Ronny (2016). "Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (1): 72. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0634-z. PMC 4823912. PMID 27056633.
External links
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